Category Archives: Book Reviews

Dave’s Reading List: The Geezer Election Edition

Letter to a Christian Nation By Sam Harris Regularly, I listen to “Making Sense” the podcast by Sam Harris.  The scientific, political and philosophical interviews are fascinating and filled with insight.  Harris has a PH.D in neuroscience and is brilliant.  … Continue reading

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Make America Read Again: Laws are Merely Suggestions for Powerful People Edition

Here are the books that I have recently read. Chosen by God by RC Sproul With my Overdrive application on my iPhone, I recently got the chance to cruise through “Chosen By God” by the Reformed Evangelical thinker (and prolific … Continue reading

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Make America Read Again: Completely and Totally Exonerated Edition

The Irresistible Revolution: Living as an Ordinary Radical by Shane Claiborne This 2006 book is an exploration, from the mind of author Shane Claiborne, as to how living a genuine Christian life can be done in 21st century America.  Claiborne … Continue reading

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Make America Read Again: 2019 is here edition

Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy by Donald Miller Donald Miller is an author I have always enjoyed.  I first encountered him in college when I picked up “Blue Like Jazz” one day and devoured the book.  … Continue reading

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Make America Read Again: The Mid-Term Wave Edition

So, I have read some more books. “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided With The New Politics of Extremism” by Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein Pretty much everyone knows that Congress is … Continue reading

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Make America Read Again: The Feds Have Nothing On Me Edition

Above a lot of other things, read some books. Why Liberals Win The Culture Wars (Even When They Lose Elections): A History of the Religious Battles That Define America from Jefferson’s Heresies to Gay Marriage Today by Stephen Prothero As … Continue reading

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Make America Read Again: We’re Still Alive So Grab A Book

Books, books and more books. Strangers Drowning: Grappling with Impossible Idealism, Drastic Choices, and the Overpowering Urge to Help by Larissa MacFarquhar Here is a book that is right up my alley as New Yorker columnist Larissa MacFarquhar tackles the … Continue reading

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